Child Development Final

Name: Eli Joshi

Age: 5
Gender: Male
Lifestyle: Parents are together, has a younger brother, and goes to daycare, lives in Seattle, WA
Interests: Loves Harry Potter, playing with friends/brother, has many "girlfriends" (Little girls say they're married to him) He is a know it all.

                                      1. Harry Potter Book Set

Eli loves Harry Potter, and Suhas, his dad has been reading him all the books. So, i think this will help him gain more knowledge about words, and learn how to read in the process of enjoying the book.

                                            2.Tipover

 

This is a game that is like legos, but a different more challenging version. This game teases the brain to think of new ways to find paths by tipping over crates.

3. Puzzle

I think that a puzzle is one of the best ways to help a child learn how to work with small pieces and when the puzzle is something he wants, it's just an overall good choice of a toy.

  4. Legos

Every little boy loves to play with legos, but they're all the better when they're Harry Potter, and you love him!

 5. Race Cars

 With two little boys, you're bound to have some toy cars around. These help with hand eye coordination, plus they'll have fun playing with them!

6. Cars toys

 Eli loves the movie Cars. With a set of Cars toys, he can work with his brother or other friends and race them.

7. Rumis

 This is a toy that I had no idea about until he decided he wanted it for Christmas. I think this would help with strategy of building towers, pyramids, and walls.

8. Playing with friends

 I think that playing and interacting with kids is one of the most important things that a kid should experience.

9. Marshmallow Gun

This is what we got Eli and Isaac for Christmas. I think this will help with hand eye coordination, and it's a fun way to fight with your brother, in a kind way.

10. Model Car Designer

This can help with designing and creating cars so thinking is used, but after it's made, then all the fun can be had!

Middle Childhood

Elementary Aged Children

• Ages 6-10
• Become self-sufficient and independent
• Interested in new activities
• Friend circles expand
• Attend more to their own needs

Physical Development 

• They have steady physical growth
• Interested in growth and others'
• Good control of large muscles

Height

• Boys are taller than girls
• Grow about two to three inches a year
• Less top heavy 

Weight

• At 6 about 47 pounds
• Gain about five to seven pounds a year
• Girls weigh more than boys 

Gross-Motor Skills

• Growth contributes to these skills
• Height and weight help with coordination
• Movements more refined and fluid
• Girls surpass boys and outperform

Fine-Motor Skills

• Better control of small muscles
• Writing is much better
• Visual perception is better
• Improved finger dexterity

Health Concerns

• Lowest illness rates are between 5 and 12 years
• Some develop hearing and vision problems

Hearing 

• Well developed by middle childhood
• Ear infections are a health problem
• By 11, they have auditory of adults

Vision

• Age 6, ready to read
• Many are farsighted
• The more they read, they have more chances to become nearsighted 

Teeth

•  During this time, they start losing teeth
• By age 12, all 20 primary teeth are replaced by permanent teeth
•  They become self conscious
• Tooth decay is a large risk

Obesity  

• It's characterized by excessive body fat
• If they weigh 20% more than other of the same sex, age, and build, they're obese
• Many are obese because they're inactive physically    

Cognitive Development

• They start thinking mentally a lot
• Use logic
• Desire to achieve is important 

Attention and Memory

• Memory is more controlled
• Attention improves
• Focus on detail
• Rehearsal is important  

Mental Operations

• They go through changes in reasoning and thinking
• Perceptions are ore accurate
• They have concrete operations
• Meaning-they use logic, but it's based on what they've experienced or seen

• Conservation
•  change in position or shape of substances does not change the quantity
• Seriation
•  Ability to arrange items in an increasing or decreasing order based on weight, volume, and size
• Classification 
• Ability to group objects by common attributes like color, shape, size, pattern, or function 

Language 

• Communication skills improve
• Use both oral and written expression
• Cognitive development is linked to humor 

Social-Emotional Development

• Grow in self-understanding
• Social relationships become more complex
• Family is an important role

Self-Concept

• Social comparison is used
• Process where people define themselves in terms of the qualities skills, and attributes they see in others

• Can describe strengths and weaknesses
• Self-esteem is belief of being a worthwhile person
• This changes in middle school while as preschoolers have high levels of self-esteem
• When encouraged they have a higher self-esteem 

Understanding Others

• They advance in understanding others 
• Develop empathy
• Show compassion or awareness of others' distress and wanting to help 

Friendships

• Friendships are more important
• Choosing friends becomes a selective process  
• Gender influences
• Some children are liked by others, some aren't
•  Without friendships they don't receive important benefits with peers

Peer Group Activities

• Play a large role
• Earlier in life, many groups are single-sex 
• Boys tease a lot
• They start liking to play together
• Girls Enjoy
• Jump rope and jungle gym
• Boys Enjoy 
• Basketball, football, and baseball
•  Girls aren't open and have more select relationships and share secrets

Games With Rules

• Rules are important
• Negotiation skills and cooperating are important skills learned in games with rules
• Children don't play so many games in more recent years 

Team Sports 

• Girls and boys like soccer, football, softball, swimming, gymnastics, and basketball
• Most common is baseball
•  They learn teamwork skills, get along, get enjoyment, and start having a healthy lifestyle
• No sports are safe
• Adult-organized teams are most safe 

Moral Development     

• Process of acquiring the standards of behavior considered acceptable by society
• Morality involves understanding
• Learn moral behavior by interacting with others
• They're more aware of the world around them
• They start internalizing rules of conduct